{"id":145,"date":"2009-03-23T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/03\/a-little-habit-adds-up-to-trou.html"},"modified":"2009-03-23T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T01:00:00","slug":"a-little-habit-adds-up-to-trou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/03\/a-little-habit-adds-up-to-trou.html","title":{"rendered":"A Little Habit Adds Up to Trouble &#8211; Our Comment of the Week from Chris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Again this week, you all have really been terrifically interested and involved, posting some excellent comments.&nbsp; I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts.&nbsp; Here is one from Chris, who discovered that what she thought was a little habit caused a lot of problems.&nbsp; Sometimes, little eating habits in particular can be the culprit in overweight problems.&nbsp; Here is her post:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a sugar addiction to Altoids. I would eat 2-4 tins of Altoids a day! My husband pointed out to me that I was spending over $3000 a year on Altoids! I tried hard once to give it up and the craving was always there so after 3 months I went back. Then I did yoga teacher training and during the training we did a meditation where we thought of something we wanted to get rid of in our lives and we wrote it on a paper and then all the papers were gathered and burned and the smoke was directed out the windows. After this experience my craving disappeared after a few weeks. No more cravings and it has never come back. This technique kind of reminds me of Dr. Norris and praying. I have also lost 20 lbs by eating better. I agree with the poster that the more sugar you eat, the more you crave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This apparently &#8220;little&#8221; revelation really added up, didn&#8217;t it?&nbsp; I also love it how Chris, you not only identified the habit, but you took action on it, which added up to much more positive efforts.&nbsp; I love, use and teach some of the techniques that she mentions here, and I hope you, dear reader, will too.<\/p>\n<p>Do YOU have an example or experience like Chris had, where a little habit was really a big problem in disguise? 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